Bear Lake

Bear Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Bear Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Bear Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.37332, -104.13410. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Vore Buffalo Jump · fort · Crook · ~23 km · Must-see
• Spearfish Peak · waterfall · Lawrence · ~29 km · Must-see
• Terry Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~30 km · Must-see
• D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery · sanctuary · Lawrence · ~31 km · Must-see
• Inyan Kara Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~31 km · Must-see
• Warren Peak · viewpoint · Crook · ~34 km · Must-see
• Polo Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~38 km · Must-see
• Adams House Museum · museum · Lawrence · ~40 km · Must-see
• Black Hills National Forest · sanctuary · Pennington · ~49 km · Must-see
• Devils Tower · viewpoint · Crook · ~65 km · Must-see
• Keyhole State Park · lake · Crook · ~70 km · Must-see
• Bear Butte · viewpoint · Meade · ~72 km · Must-see
• Missouri Buttes · viewpoint · Crook · ~72 km · Must-see
• Weston County Courthouse · fort · Weston · ~72 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~73 km · Must-see
• Anna Miller Museum · fort · Weston · ~73 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~73 km · Must-see
• Bull Hill · viewpoint · Crook · ~3 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Keyhole State Park · lake · Crook · ~70 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~73 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~88 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~93 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~93 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~103 km · Must-see
• Gillette Fishing Lake · lake · Campbell · ~135 km · Must-see
• Rocky Ford Dam · lake · Crook · ~20 km
• Clark Dam · lake · Crook · ~28 km
• Paxton Dam · lake · Crook · ~30 km

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